F3AR and other games which swap letters for numbers
FEAR 3 announced, ♏and we 𝐆ponder why it has a 3 instead of an E
Silent Hill: 0rigins
This sort of makes sense, but only when you really think about it. 0rigins explores the back story of the town of Silent Hill, which makes it a prequel. And how do you go make something younger 🐲than 1? Make it zero. Genius.
Still doesn't explain why Konami had to put it in the word 'origins'. Could have been c♔alled Silent Hill 0.
Street Sk8er
Of cou⛦rse. The old replacing 'ate' with 8. A favourite of the skateboard design oeuvre.
Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
𒉰There's a few more of these, where a ‘2’ is use to replace 'to'. But here - in the logo at least - the 2 is used TWICE, to denote a sequel and needlessly abbreviate 'to'. But trying to type it *exactly* like the logo (ie. 𓂃using just ONE '2') is a pursuit that is both fruitless and confusing.
Hei$t
Here a ‘dollar sign’ is used to indicate the money, that is stolen in the heist. Good job this was cancelled because last time we tried to make the word Hei$t part of a GamesRadar URL, it caused the website to b🐼reak.
Tony Hawk's Americ*n Wasteland
This is clearly an afterthought (and not a number again) as it isn't referenced anywhere except the box art logo, leading us to believe it was conceived by a rogue designer. So. Spell American. A.m.e.r.i.c.a.n. Easy. Then why is the second 'a' a star? Why? WHY? It adds nothing.
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